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that's i'm curious how you think the the your case the new york times case pentagon papers case how that has changed american journalism over the last forty years and is there a straight line or even a. this squiggly line between that and we can leaks and and what snowden did with you know working with glenn greenwald and the guardian in those releases. you know what all glenn greenwald we all know he's the former blogger to whom snowden leaked right i mean he's the sort of the modern day new york times in a way so what is there a straight line between the pentagon papers case and what happens today i think the straight line goes like this that if you're going to publish something like the snowden leaks. you'll probably go to the government beforehand and get a reaction to it before you publish and i think that's what greenwald did in fact in effect now. what's the straight line in pentagon papers case where you're not going to go to the government i don't know what you're going to do if the government can go in there and stop you from doing so a major impact of the pentagon papers
that's i'm curious how you think the the your case the new york times case pentagon papers case how that has changed american journalism over the last forty years and is there a straight line or even a. this squiggly line between that and we can leaks and and what snowden did with you know working with glenn greenwald and the guardian in those releases. you know what all glenn greenwald we all know he's the former blogger to whom snowden leaked right i mean he's the sort of the modern day new...
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the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the u.s. government ovoid or seemed best a geisha and says since one thousand nine hundred ninety six the pentagon has spent eight point five trillion dollars in taxpayer money that has never been accounted for and nobody can say for sure how many billions of that amount were wasted on goods and services that were never delivered on overpayments to contractors and many other things what does congress do about it nothing and national security experts the mile serious here with me to help us crunch the these numbers eight and a half trillion dollars on accounting for a lot of money this is the kind of thing that you would think would bring capitol hill to a screeching halt they would be hearing this kind of almost daily you know various committees looking into it none of that just leads to massive waste and there can be all sorts of fraud that you don't know about just one example when the inspector general looked at iraq which was you know a lot of money but in the grand scheme just a portion o
the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the u.s. government ovoid or seemed best a geisha and says since one thousand nine hundred ninety six the pentagon has spent eight point five trillion dollars in taxpayer money that has never been accounted for and nobody can say for sure how many billions of that amount were wasted on goods and services that were never delivered on overpayments to contractors and many other things what does congress do about it nothing and...
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decades the pentagon has dug in on. it means nobody checked if the numbers in their accounting make sense congress has just passed the budget that allocates around six hundred thirty billion dollars to the pentagon roughly the same amount as last year how much of that will be wasted taxpayers will never know in washington i'm going to r.t. washington needs to wake up and stop cracking down on unaccountable even spending at the pentagon that's the view of retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor i have actually been in this position when i was the director joint operations that shape headquarters for reasons that i did understand my pay was suddenly reduced and it took a year older at least straightened out and then subsequently i was paid money that i had actually earned but for reasons that no one could explain had not been paid to me from my point is that you're dealing with billions of people and a lot of instability a lot of movement and it's a difficult system to to work effectively this is an enormous problem a
decades the pentagon has dug in on. it means nobody checked if the numbers in their accounting make sense congress has just passed the budget that allocates around six hundred thirty billion dollars to the pentagon roughly the same amount as last year how much of that will be wasted taxpayers will never know in washington i'm going to r.t. washington needs to wake up and stop cracking down on unaccountable even spending at the pentagon that's the view of retired u.s. army colonel douglas...
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effort to keep the pentagon running. and another charges slapped on egypt's toppled leader mohammed morsi over the twenty eleven prison escape as police crackdown on his supporters who were protesting against a law or restricting demonstration is that. international news and comment live from moscow you're watching aussie international with me. and a very well welcome to the program just hours after being released from prison guard recall ski's back in the lap of luxury the former oil tycoon was one of russia's richest men before being jailed a decade ago but following his presidential pardon he jumped on a private jet and flew to berlin and is now in a five star hotel and then my colleague andrew farmer spoke to our correspondents following the story in russia and germany. we don't actually know who's paying the bill for the the room in the other lot hotel where we believe he's staying here where mikhail khodorkovsky spent his first night of freedom the most recent pictures of because of course he appeared to show him r
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the inside story of the pentagon papers and other battles and. i mention is it as we were hit the break there that i wanted to get into how the time may have changed beyond just nine eleven this is what jim ellsberg had to say on this program. oh about six eight months ago areas. do you see a qualitative difference between what you did and what edward snowden did yes regrettably it's a different country it was a different country i had every reason to expect that eventually i'd be out on bail as i was actually the judge for the out on personal recognizance but with the fifty thousand dollars bond if i didn't show up for trial and that's for the next two years including my trial which less than ultimately four and a half months in court i was free to comment on the case and say why i had done what i had done and what the paper. today so assuming that what ellsberg was describing was at least a reasonable environment in which to be practicing journalism how do we recapture that if we've become so unreasonable. well i think that we captured with cou
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part of the effort to keep the pentagon running. and friday turned violent in egypt as police just supporters of the president were protesting against the law restricting demonstrations. are you watching r t international with me andrey farmer. now just hours after being released from prison mikhail khodorkovsky is back in the lap of luxury the former oil tycoon was one of russia's richest men before being jailed a decade ago but following his presidential pardon he jumped on a private jet flew to berlin and is now in a five star hotel this image is believed to be the most recent picture of horticulture skates emerged on social media and is thought to have been taken in the german capital where he is waiting to be reunited with his family artie's lindsey france is following the story. we know that his mother plans to get to berlin as soon as possible in fact we just spoke with her about her travel plans. for when we're on which flight i still don't have the tickets i just got up i hope we will meet today. now marina. his mother is i
part of the effort to keep the pentagon running. and friday turned violent in egypt as police just supporters of the president were protesting against the law restricting demonstrations. are you watching r t international with me andrey farmer. now just hours after being released from prison mikhail khodorkovsky is back in the lap of luxury the former oil tycoon was one of russia's richest men before being jailed a decade ago but following his presidential pardon he jumped on a private jet flew...
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decades as part of the effort to keep the pentagon running. and another charges slapped on troops toppled leader mohammed morsi over a twenty eleven prison escape as police grondahl and he supporters who were protesting against a law restricting demonstration. this is on seem to national coming to life from moscow with me. and welcome to the progress. the parents of me here how to confiscate how reportedly arrived in berlin to be reunited with his with their son after he was released from prison friday as soon as the oil tycoon was let out of a russian penal colony following a presidential pardon he flew to germany that's now getting all the details from peter oliver he's outside the hotel where holder confiscate is believed to be staying right now that pieces so there's been a long wait but the hundred family league said to be together shortly doesn't it. well we're hearing. his mother and father have landed here lin they arrived on an airliner unlike their son who we arrived here on a private jet on friday we're also understanding that. he h
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effort to keep the pentagon running. and friday prayers turned violent in egypt as police just supporters of president he was protesting against the law restricting demonstrations. are welcome it's nice to have you company you watching. international just hours after being released from prison mikhail khodorkovsky is back in the lap of luxury for more oil tycoon was one of russia's richest men before being jailed a decade ago but following his presidential pardon he jumped on a private jet flew to bird lane and is now in a five star hotel all correspondents are following the story in russia randi let's cross live peter oliver and lindsey france first to you paint he's in you're outside the five star hotel where he's believed to be staying right now who is picking up the bill for this extravagant taste of freedom. well as it stands we don't actually know who's paying the bill for the the room in the other lot hotel where we believe he's saying he's staying here where mikhail khodorkovsky spent his first night of freedom t
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foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces that document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american policy u.s. attacks on iran a quote taking a page from the playbook on ukraine and georgia america's training rainy and terrorists knows the b.b.c. responsible for thousands of assassinations but as soon as the pentagon began funding them hillary clinton took the terrorist group off the official terrorist list basic medicines are being blocked by u.s. sanctions on iran the guardian reports this is putting literally millions of lives at risk leading war crimes prosecutor professor francis boyle warns iran's children going down the path of iraq u.s. sanctions since
foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces that document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american...
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what contributes to the massive waves is the fact that for two decades the pentagon has gotten what it means. nobody checked if the numbers in garrett county meet insects commerce's discuss the budget allocates about six hundred and thirty billion dollars to the pentagon roughly the same route as last year. how much of that will really stick taxpayers will never know. in washington. i'm getting sick and archie. the air we talked to retire the us army colonel douglas macgregor. he said that more more taxpayer money is being lost in the government in action. we have the losing money in the defense business for decades. it's gotten progressively worse with each passing year because there has simply not be any accountability. we have legislation that requires an audit of the department of defense and each time we ask them whether the defence to submit the books for august there are reasons given wide cannot get the job. this is an enormous problem and this is something that absolutely must be addressed and addressed in a forthright manner. at the moment. no one on capitol hill seems terrib
what contributes to the massive waves is the fact that for two decades the pentagon has gotten what it means. nobody checked if the numbers in garrett county meet insects commerce's discuss the budget allocates about six hundred and thirty billion dollars to the pentagon roughly the same route as last year. how much of that will really stick taxpayers will never know. in washington. i'm getting sick and archie. the air we talked to retire the us army colonel douglas macgregor. he said that more...
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the pentagon has secured. three hundred thirty billion dollars budget for next year even though it's failed to account for the money that it's received since one thousand nine hundred six now a whopping eight and a half trillion dollars of taxpayer cash has gone to defense programs none of which have been audited the so-called black budget has sparked concerns over potential fraud as can reports. the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the u.s. government the reuters investigation says since one thousand nine hundred ninety six the pentagon has spent eight point five trillion dollars in taxpayer money that has never been accounted for and nobody can say for sure how many billions of that amount were wasted on goods and services that were never delivered on over payments to contractors and many other things what does congress do about it nothing and national security experts the miles here you see here with me to help us crunch the these numbers eight and a half trillion dollars on accou
the pentagon has secured. three hundred thirty billion dollars budget for next year even though it's failed to account for the money that it's received since one thousand nine hundred six now a whopping eight and a half trillion dollars of taxpayer cash has gone to defense programs none of which have been audited the so-called black budget has sparked concerns over potential fraud as can reports. the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the u.s. government the reuters...
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book is fighting for the press the inside story of the pentagon papers and other battles thanks so much for being with us tonight sir. here in tire welcome to see this and other conversations the great minds go to conversations great minds. and that's the way it is the night friday december thirteenth two thousand and thirteen don't forget he begins with you get out there get active you know. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question for. player. glue lip. gloss i've outlived the. crosstalk was in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. i know c.n.n. the m s n b c fox news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the truth and i think. it's because one full attention and the mainstream media work side by side the joke is actually on here. and our teen years we have a different breed. ok but no bec
book is fighting for the press the inside story of the pentagon papers and other battles thanks so much for being with us tonight sir. here in tire welcome to see this and other conversations the great minds go to conversations great minds. and that's the way it is the night friday december thirteenth two thousand and thirteen don't forget he begins with you get out there get active you know. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and...
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decades the pentagon has dug in on. it means nobody checked if the numbers in their accounting made sense congress has just passed the budget that allocates around six hundred thirty billion dollars to the pentagon roughly the same amount as last year how much of that will be wasted taxpayers will never know in washington i'm going to check out our. earlier we talked to retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor now he said that more and more taxpayer money is being lost amid a government in action we have been losing money in the defense business for decades it's gotten progressively worse with each passing year because there has simply not being any accountability we have legislation that requires an audit of the department of defense and each time we ask the department of defense to submit the books for audit there are reasons given why it cannot yet be done this is an enormous problem and this is something that absolutely must be addressed and addressed in a forthright better at the ball that no one on capitol hill
decades the pentagon has dug in on. it means nobody checked if the numbers in their accounting made sense congress has just passed the budget that allocates around six hundred thirty billion dollars to the pentagon roughly the same amount as last year how much of that will be wasted taxpayers will never know in washington i'm going to check out our. earlier we talked to retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor now he said that more and more taxpayer money is being lost amid a government in...
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it's been an opportunity for the defense industry compliant congress the pentagon. he works much like that better reserve. we have all heard and called for policies we have so many black budget a budget projects that including nuclear weapons development projects that with dark as early as nineteen ninety one we have. none of the dances we know that were achieved during the strategic defense initiative in the eighties and nineties that was all gone dark. but to continue in the finals and watching much of the military budget. used for sustaining a top of the military airport or every third person enter air force is in general. training and marie ange from the festive spirit out of the gods the group. the holiday season getting underway special days but always bowing in the scottish capital to take al qaeda. and in salads and storytelling the eye. this is a really low so we did. see bush's stupidity. your party years ago. it seems that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics. only on rte. the unit. any repeats when asked how
it's been an opportunity for the defense industry compliant congress the pentagon. he works much like that better reserve. we have all heard and called for policies we have so many black budget a budget projects that including nuclear weapons development projects that with dark as early as nineteen ninety one we have. none of the dances we know that were achieved during the strategic defense initiative in the eighties and nineties that was all gone dark. but to continue in the finals and...
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buying power of the pentagon is continuing to fall. off a cliff. and so each dollar is going towards less and less, because of the bureaucratic benefit, the bureaucracy, the numbers, the people, the inability to shed civilians quickly enough and you're seeing that and congress rejecting of course a lot of the proposals by the administration. and so they're not out of the woods by any stretch. there are still more cuts to come. >> and pay and benefits are going up 4.2% annual rise under a fixed dome so that creates enormous pressure. and lauren, i want to ask you, you look at this, both as an analyst but as a strategic advisor to the industry, what is the industrial impact of a partial sequester? >> basically, there is no industrial impact to speak of. because services have indicated this he are going to use all of the sequester relief to improve readiness. they had a real trough in readiness. >> we zeroed it for the entire time. >> the army claims it only has a handful of brigades that are ready to go. >> two. >> so that is where most
buying power of the pentagon is continuing to fall. off a cliff. and so each dollar is going towards less and less, because of the bureaucratic benefit, the bureaucracy, the numbers, the people, the inability to shed civilians quickly enough and you're seeing that and congress rejecting of course a lot of the proposals by the administration. and so they're not out of the woods by any stretch. there are still more cuts to come. >> and pay and benefits are going up 4.2% annual rise under a...
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effort to keep the pentagon running. and friday prayers turned violent in the police dispersed supporters of the ousted president who were protesting against the law restricting demonstrations. and i welcome you watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow. now just as after being released from prison mikhail khodorkovsky is back in the lap of luxury the former oil tycoon was one of russia's richest men before being jailed a decade ago but following his presidential pardon he jumped on a private jet flew to berlin and is now in a five star hotel while our correspondents are following the story in russia and in germany so let's cross live now it's a roll over and lindsay fronts firstly to pay to his in in place a lot of questions being asked here firstly who's picking up this bill for this extravagant first taste of freedom that he seems to be having and secondly how did he get a shanking these are considering he's got a criminal record. he well when it comes to who exactly is picking up the bill we don't kn
effort to keep the pentagon running. and friday prayers turned violent in the police dispersed supporters of the ousted president who were protesting against the law restricting demonstrations. and i welcome you watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow. now just as after being released from prison mikhail khodorkovsky is back in the lap of luxury the former oil tycoon was one of russia's richest men before being jailed a decade ago but following his presidential pardon he...
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now reports the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the us government to avoid this investigation says since nineteen ninety six the pentagon has spent eight point five trillion dollars in taxpayer money that has never been accounted for. nobody can say for sure how many billions of that amount where waste it on goods and services that would never delivered on over payments to contractors and many other things. what does congress do about it. nothing and that secured actress eve myles he is here with me to converse in french to these numbers mean and how it really dollars on camera for a lot of money on that this the kind of thing that you would think would bring capitol hill to a screeching halt to be hearing this kind of almost daily to the various committees looking into that none of that just leafing out the latest in a combi saw all sorts of fraud that you don't know about just one example of when the inspector general of the rock which was in a lot of money but in the grand scheme just a portion of the money the us spends what they found was about fifteen
now reports the pentagon is almost certainly the biggest source of waste in the us government to avoid this investigation says since nineteen ninety six the pentagon has spent eight point five trillion dollars in taxpayer money that has never been accounted for. nobody can say for sure how many billions of that amount where waste it on goods and services that would never delivered on over payments to contractors and many other things. what does congress do about it. nothing and that secured...
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after that falls on the pentagon. if the pentagon agrees that they need to come down, that it is also over, but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they take -- what the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the 10-year period. the same 500 billion dollars cut in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest: yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the president's request is for smaller cut. i'm sure there are generals and admiral's that don't want to be cut at all. the head of the army was a first that i heard was doing this. defense, chuck hagel and all the other top brass picked this up. we slowed us down, give us time to implement. you slam it all and is so fast, we're going to have to find short-term things like cutting trading. trading is important for troops. host: the numbers for fiscal 2014, the budget for that pentagon cap the to 520 billion. for 2015, they capped at
after that falls on the pentagon. if the pentagon agrees that they need to come down, that it is also over, but the way the budget control act and sequestration works is that they take -- what the bill does is round that out. you still get at the end of the 10-year period. the same 500 billion dollars cut in defense, but the pentagon gets back 20 billion this year. host: you mean that would've been cut under the sequester guest: yes. first, they don't like the full 500 billion dollar cut. the...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> a great story. what do you think were the top stories of the year? go to cnn.com and to go your top ten choices. you have until midnight eastern time tonight. the top ten will be revealed on monday. here are some of our picks. >> a funnel cloud that has just developed. it appears to be on the ground in oklahoma city. >> it is a populated area. we just fear that not everyone may have gotten the word. >> when i got homey realized there is nothing left of my house. >> luckily the only rooms spared were the rooms we were in. >> we're at the end of a searing day. staring at a neighborhood that is almost unrecognizable. >> that's on me. i mean, we fumbled the rollout on this health care. >> i wanted to have the opportunity to have insurance. i don't have insurance at all. >> we should have done a better job getting that right on day one. >> breaking news, a assumer typhoon is slamming into the philippines right now. >> i don't have the words for it. it is really horrific. it is a great human tragedy. >> t
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> a great story. what do you think were the top stories of the year? go to cnn.com and to go your top ten choices. you have until midnight eastern time tonight. the top ten will be revealed on monday. here are some of our picks. >> a funnel cloud that has just developed. it appears to be on the ground in oklahoma city. >> it is a populated area. we just fear that not everyone may have gotten the word. >> when i got homey realized there...
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into a combat zone, the pentagon has definitions. calledget some things combat pay, hostile environment pay, danger pay. it amounts to a few hundred dollars a month. when you are in a war zone, presumably getting shot at, you are getting paid more. but in terms of just being an infantryman, that that is your career field, that you are a sniper or mortar man or something -- you do not get paid anymore for being in that career field than someone who is basically a secretary or a medic or a lawyer or something. there is some small compensation, but a lot of people would point out the fact that it is not very dramatic, considering the different types of jobs that we are talking about in terms of combat and noncombat. host: another question from e- mail -- someonehat sounds like who has been in the military, to be honest. that is a really informed question and comment. it is hard to know precisely how much money be is being spent. the questioner refers to it as , security kind of thing. military service members move around as a matter of
into a combat zone, the pentagon has definitions. calledget some things combat pay, hostile environment pay, danger pay. it amounts to a few hundred dollars a month. when you are in a war zone, presumably getting shot at, you are getting paid more. but in terms of just being an infantryman, that that is your career field, that you are a sniper or mortar man or something -- you do not get paid anymore for being in that career field than someone who is basically a secretary or a medic or a lawyer...
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in the pentagon's budget is $67 billion a year that the pentagon spends that has nothing to do with defending this country. i put that report out in the hopes that the defense committee, senate armed services committee, would look at that report and say, we ought to take all of this out of the defense department. do you realize that the defense department has 112 science, technology, engineering and math programs run by the defense department. 110 separate ones. it doesn't have anything to do with defending the country. they have 138 green energy programs, spending billions of dollars every year on it. that should be at the department of energy, not in the pentagon. it costs $50,000 a year to educate a child on a military base in this country., four anda half times what it cost to educate anybody anywhere else in this country. that doesn't have anything to do with defending the country either. why? so you got $67 billion. not one aspect of that was acted on in the defense authorization act. not that was taken out and let's have the military defend this country, not do all these other things t
in the pentagon's budget is $67 billion a year that the pentagon spends that has nothing to do with defending this country. i put that report out in the hopes that the defense committee, senate armed services committee, would look at that report and say, we ought to take all of this out of the defense department. do you realize that the defense department has 112 science, technology, engineering and math programs run by the defense department. 110 separate ones. it doesn't have anything to do...
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so the pentagon calculation is, do they really need the commissaries? should they save that $1.4 billion because now modern life, a lot of families go to the big box stores or the discount stores. the walmart, the costco in their towns and communities across the country. but it is going to be very controversial to do this. the pentagon's emphasizing they're just thinking about it, they haven't made a final decision yet. >> i'm sure there's going to be a huge backlash from active duty retired military personnel, their families certainly over these many, many years have come to rely on these commissaries. i assume pentagon officials are already worried about the potential backlash. >> they are extremely concerned about it. and they know this is going to be extremely concerning, especially as you just mentioned, wolf, to the retiree communities across the country. people often move once they retire from the military to a nearby military community so they have access to the commissaries and this of course, now becomes then a political issue. congressmen, se
so the pentagon calculation is, do they really need the commissaries? should they save that $1.4 billion because now modern life, a lot of families go to the big box stores or the discount stores. the walmart, the costco in their towns and communities across the country. but it is going to be very controversial to do this. the pentagon's emphasizing they're just thinking about it, they haven't made a final decision yet. >> i'm sure there's going to be a huge backlash from active duty...
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atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through that report of about 100 different examples of waste and unnecessary spending by the government. ken from georgia on our line for republicans. glad tosenator coburn, see you on the program. i have seen you on the other discussingn fox, your latest addition of government waste. -- edition of government waste. as you mentioned, i was just watching a program where there is a move afoot to have an amending constitutional convention of where the states' legislatures have to put forth the idea of amending the constituti
atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through...
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the pentagon's initiative is designed to drive down costs for the pentagon. numerous executives told me effectively it is reducing profit margin. some say it takes profit margins and cuts them in half. other states even worse than that. the kind of costs the acceable costs and often lower than what your real costs are. what has been the impact of better buying power on your business? >> we haven't seen that impact on the vertical lift programs. what i would say is we spent a lot of time understanding better buying power and understanding what is critical in terms of providing more for less. i think the two we just signed are great examples where we have come together as industry and said you can't expect to get paid the same price you have in the past. so what are you going do in order to be affordable and still be able to live to wall street and quite frankly that is a combination of factory renovations, it is a combination of increased productivity and inefficiencies as well as the earlier analogy to partner fog success and working with our teammates. the c
the pentagon's initiative is designed to drive down costs for the pentagon. numerous executives told me effectively it is reducing profit margin. some say it takes profit margins and cuts them in half. other states even worse than that. the kind of costs the acceable costs and often lower than what your real costs are. what has been the impact of better buying power on your business? >> we haven't seen that impact on the vertical lift programs. what i would say is we spent a lot of time...
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david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thank you. tonight firefighters are reporting some gains against an unusual fall wildfire near big sur, california. flames have burned about 550 acres, but the fire is now about 5% contained. so far, nobody's been injured but as john blackstone reports, several homes have been destroyed. >> reporter: in december, the dramatic coastline and mountains of big sur should be under rain clouds, not thick smoke from a wildfire. but rainfall is 84% below normal. martha karstens is chief of the big sur volunteer fire department. >> i can't remember if we've ever had a fire in december. we had earlier -- in the beginning, like in april or may, but december, no. christmas around the corner? no. >> reporter: karstens' home was one of those lost in the unusually dry forest. the fire spread with such speed, it even surprised the fire chief. >> i have no idea how it was even started. it was just everything is dry, ready to burn. >> reporter: 16-year-old fabian perez tried to save his home. >>
david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thank you. tonight firefighters are reporting some gains against an unusual fall wildfire near big sur, california. flames have burned about 550 acres, but the fire is now about 5% contained. so far, nobody's been injured but as john blackstone reports, several homes have been destroyed. >> reporter: in december, the dramatic coastline and mountains of big sur should be under rain clouds, not thick smoke from a wildfire. but rainfall is...
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the intelligence was fixed in america by the pentagon and by within the pentagon and the cia reacted against that and tried to fight against it there is some confusion over the detail there because the cia thought that my six got some stuff wrong. when actually they got some stuff right that stuff particular stuff right. m i six of course relied too heavily because of the political pressure from above on sources which could not take the responsibility could not take. did not have the orth oratory that they were given by m i six calling that. a bridge. well. it was where you start putting pressure on people for information then all sorts of things start happening you put stress on the system if you've got an agent who's paid money and you say look we need information urgently he then knows that he can get money for that information and so he comes up with any information he can it's not necessarily any easier. he will have subagents suit people he worked to him who also worked for money they will be under pressure to come up with information and you know the attraction of getting mone
the intelligence was fixed in america by the pentagon and by within the pentagon and the cia reacted against that and tried to fight against it there is some confusion over the detail there because the cia thought that my six got some stuff wrong. when actually they got some stuff right that stuff particular stuff right. m i six of course relied too heavily because of the political pressure from above on sources which could not take the responsibility could not take. did not have the orth...
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way the pentagon runs. furthermore, another issue. a july, 2013, special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction report includes the purchase of over $771 million of aircraft that the afghans will be unable to operate and maintain. the afghan special mission wing has only one quarter of the personnel needed to maintain and uprig the fleet, and there are no existing d.o.d. plans to reach full strength. the pentagon is moving forward with purchases. most of that money, $553 million, has been awarded to a russian company that also sells weapons to syria. and these are just a few examples. needless to say, there are many more. a recent other in "mother jones" has some interesting numbers about our military spending. according to the article, 70% of the value of the federal government's $1.8 trillion in property, land and equipment belongs to the pentagon. the american people will no doubt be interested in understanding that the pentagon operates more than 170 golf coarses worldwide. at a time when we n
way the pentagon runs. furthermore, another issue. a july, 2013, special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction report includes the purchase of over $771 million of aircraft that the afghans will be unable to operate and maintain. the afghan special mission wing has only one quarter of the personnel needed to maintain and uprig the fleet, and there are no existing d.o.d. plans to reach full strength. the pentagon is moving forward with purchases. most of that money, $553 million, has...
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the pentagon buying helicopters from russia, and we ask, what about the ones made in america? the outrage growing. >>> the heisman hopeful cleared tonight. fresh off his victory on the field and off, what was the question that led this young football star to walk off? >>> and her secret, revealed. that voice, the singer who famously stunned the judges and the world. ♪ i dreamed a dream of time gone by ♪ >> tonight, susan boyle revealing the answer to a question she always wanted answered. and why it could offer hope for so many others. >>> good evening. and we're glad you're with us on a sunday night. likely watching indoors and warm. unlike the millions of americans who found themselves driving in the middle of a very dangerous ice storm this sunday. a 50-car pileup late today on the pennsylvania turnpike that turned deadly. it wasn't the only one. more than two dozen cars colliding outside milwaukee. a dangerous mix of snow and ice there. all of this part of a major system that had already left its mark on the south. homes, trees still frozen in ice tonight. and in plano
the pentagon buying helicopters from russia, and we ask, what about the ones made in america? the outrage growing. >>> the heisman hopeful cleared tonight. fresh off his victory on the field and off, what was the question that led this young football star to walk off? >>> and her secret, revealed. that voice, the singer who famously stunned the judges and the world. ♪ i dreamed a dream of time gone by ♪ >> tonight, susan boyle revealing the answer to a question she...
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we need to make real changes at the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. host: stella on twitter. i do not always agree with him, but i know he would be a great president. any interest? guest: my frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through that report of about 100 different examples of waste and unnecessary spending by the government. ken from georgia on our line for republicans. caller: senator coburn, glad to see you on the program. i have seen you on the other programs, on fox, discussing your latest edition of government waste. as you mentioned, i was just watching a program where there is a move afoot to have an amending constitutional convention of where the states' legislatures have to put forth the idea of amending the constitution. this would be to get t
we need to make real changes at the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. host: stella on twitter. i do not always agree with him, but i know he would be a great president. any interest? guest: my frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can...
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the pentagon cannot just change the military retirement system. they have to get approval from congress. there is a concern that within the pentagon budget military costs are going to continue to grow. and the overall budget will remain flat. the pot will not grow anymore. the personal costs will begin to overwhelm other aspects of the budget. that said, you could say that about any other prospective budget too. have grown quickly too. if you don't do something about weapons acquisition that could impact the budget. there are a lot of weapons and not enough able to operate them. imposed anon just incredibly urgent pressure on the dod budget. leaders of the pentagon have only begun to accept that. ears theys -- for y pretended that was not going to happen. weeks we havefew seen them wrestle with the questions about how we are going to meet the spending caps. host: i'll call from detroit, michigan on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. a few things i would like to discuss. the reason why we won't have a draft is because wealthy people th
the pentagon cannot just change the military retirement system. they have to get approval from congress. there is a concern that within the pentagon budget military costs are going to continue to grow. and the overall budget will remain flat. the pot will not grow anymore. the personal costs will begin to overwhelm other aspects of the budget. that said, you could say that about any other prospective budget too. have grown quickly too. if you don't do something about weapons acquisition that...